jazz

Grammy-winning pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra announced that their legendary 29-year weekly New York City residency will continue at two new venues following the conclusion of their long-running…

For Kingston-based author Tad Richards, the great New York jazz label, Prestige, has been an obsession. Years ago, he started a blog in which he analyzed all the recordings from this label from 1949 – 1972. These include some of the…

It's not often you hear of someone under the age of 25 releasing a Big Band album. The sounds of yesteryear are traditionally left for the over 50 crowd. However, University of Rochester student, Joey Stempien, is not like the rest of…

The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the 21st-century premiere of "Caprice," a newly discovered 1967 composition by Native American composer Boyd Eagle, on Friday, Feb. 28 at 3:30 p.m. at the Broome County Forum Theatre. …

In the annals of musical mythology, Jelly Roll Morton is one of those oft elusive, yet larger-than-life legends. Morton is credited as the first true jazz composer.

On Thursday, January 22, The Half Moon in Hudson, NY hosted Jackson and the Janks. The Half Moon sits off Warren Street in Hudson and is part pizza shop, along with a bar hosting weekly events including live music. Peter "Gaddy"…

Meet the Artist Jhariah Clare (they/he) is a New York–born genre anarchist whose music fuses punk, theatrical pop, jazz, emo, cartoonish maximalism, and pure adrenaline into something unmistakably their own. Known for their…

An album launch party can be an abstract concept, no different from another gig on a long tour. But this particular album launch party, celebrating the release of Alison Shearer’s In The Garden, with hazelnut cake gratis and guest…

Belongó, a non-profit organization devoted to performing, preserving, and educating about the music of the Americas with African and indigenous roots, is set to host their first-ever gala, Belongó Bugalú, on November 11 at Manhattan's City…

Dave Kaspar is approaching his ninth year of bringing jazz to locales in Central New York, but in talking to him, it sounds like he has been promoting shows for decades. Kaspar, an independent jazz promoter with #JazzintheBurbs, stands…